Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wedgewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wedgewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wedgewood
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Wedgewood:
- 33.388450, -84.549095
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wedgewood
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Wedgewood is near Coweta County and also Clayton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Coweta County
- eBird sighting report for Clayton County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wedgewood ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Wedgewood.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Wedgewood.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- Delaware
- Kent County
- This Wedgewood is located in Kent County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Wedgewood.
- New Castle County
- This Wedgewood is located in New Castle County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Wedgewood.
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- Chesapeake City
- This Wedgewood is located in Chesapeake City and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Wedgewood.
- Chesterfield County
- This Wedgewood is located in Chesterfield County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Wedgewood.
- Danville City
- This Wedgewood is located in Danville City and lies 362 miles [582.6 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Wedgewood.
- Henrico County
- This Wedgewood is located in Henrico County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Wedgewood.
- Norfolk City
- This Wedgewood is located in Norfolk City and lies 529 miles [851.3 km] to the east northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Wedgewood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wedgewood ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Chestnutfield
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnutfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutfield
- Chestnutfield is located in Fayette County
- Clover
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Clover Reach
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Reach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Reach
- Clover Reach is located in Fayette County
- Edgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Fetlock Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fetlock Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetlock Meadows
- Fetlock Meadows is located in Fayette County
- Fishers Bank
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishers Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Bank
- Fishers Bank is located in Fayette County
- Groveland
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Jennings Yard
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jennings Yard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Yard
- Jennings Yard is located in Fayette County
- Meadow Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Run
- Meadow Run is located in Fayette County
- Overlook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Peachtree Walk
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peachtree Walk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Walk
- Peachtree Walk is located in Fayette County
- Piney Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Knoll
- Piney Knoll is located in Fayette County
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- Rockspray
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Sawmill Trace
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawmill Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Trace
- Sawmill Trace is located in Fayette County
- Spyglass Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spyglass Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyglass Hill
- Spyglass Hill is located in Fayette County
- Sweetwater Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Oaks
- Sweetwater Oaks is located in Fayette County
- Tapestry
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rockspray
How Far From Wedgewood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wedgewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wedgewood and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Wedgewood to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 565 miles [909.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,164 miles [11,529.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,043 miles [8,115.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wedgewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fayette County: www.admin.co.fayette.ga.us/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wedgewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wedgewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3884, Longitude: -84.5491 In this case, the coordinates for Wedgewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Wedgewood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Wedgewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.332 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.717 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.436 degrees. |